Exploring Art and Artists - Inner Child Learning

Artist exploration

Colourful tissue paper candle holders (camp idea)

I invited Clara to join me with a fun lantern project inspired by the art of Frank Lloyd Wright! These colorful votive holders were fun & easy to make — they would be perfect Mother’s Day gifts!! We cut up pieces of colorful tissue paper into 1 inch squares, and Clara attached them to the …

"Farbstudie Quadrate", c.1913 ~ Wassily Kandinsky (1886 – 1944) is credited for being the "father" of abstract art. He was also a skilled musician and he named his works after musical terms. When he listened to music he saw color and believed color could visually express music’s timber pitch and volume. At age 30, Kandinsky’s artistic career began. He left a legal career to pursue artistic studies after seeing Monet’s “Haystacks.”

Painting activity for children - pour painting!

Pouring Paint Art - cheap large scale art for the youth center

FRANKENTHALER: Dilly-Dali Art has a series called "Inspired" by a professional artist. &#160;I had to give the abstract painting&#160;inspired by Helen Frankenthaler&#160;a try. &#160; Materials -large piece of cardboard -watered down tempera paint put in containers -various sponges, brushes, and kitchen utensils Directions -Place cardboard in a space where it is okay to create a mess. &#160;We did this in our backyard. -Encourage your child to pour the paint onto the cardboard. -Suggest to your child to use the tools provided to move the paint around on the paper. -Continue to support your child's interest in pouring and manipulating the paint. &#160;Miss E was more interested in pouring than the tools. &#160;It isn't every day she gets a chance to spill paint! &#160;I encouraged her to move around the paper to pour the paint. &#160;It was a challenge for her to understand that she could move around the painting since she has become accustomed to producing art from one side. &#160;I liked that this form of painting encouraged a different practice and allowed her to see that painting could be done differently. -Dialogue about how the painting is changing. Dilly-Dali Art. &#160;She has a series called "Inspired" by a professional artist. &#160;I had to give the abstract painting&#160;inspired by Helen Frankenthaler&#160;a try. Dilly-Dali has an informative link to a You Tube video that clearly shows the process of Frankenthaler creating art. &#160;We varied our technique a bit to accommodate for the materials we already had in our home. Materials -large piece of cardboard -watered down tempera paint put in containers -various sponges, brushes, and kitchen utensils Directions -Place cardboard in a space where it is okay to create a mess. &#160;We did this in our backyard. -Encourage your child to pour the paint onto the cardboard. -Suggest to your child to use the tools provided to move the paint around on the paper. -Continue to support your child's interest in pouring and manipulating the paint. &#160;Miss E was more interested in pouring than the tools. &#160;It isn't every day she gets a chance to spill paint! &#160;I encouraged her to move around the paper to pour the paint. &#160;It was a challenge for her to understand that she could move around the painting since she has become accustomed to producing art from one side. &#160;I liked that this form of painting encouraged a different practice and allowed her to see that painting could be done differently. -Dialogue about how the painting is changing.